Layout: 1 column, 22 lines Decoration: On verso, 1 3-line "D" in burnished gold on red and blue grounds highlighted with white penwork; bar borders at top, bottom, and esterior of text block composed of blue, red, green, yellow, and burnished gold leaves, fine black vinework, flowers, and strawberries. Decoration: Substantial rubricated text in red 7-line historiated initial "V" featuring an illumination of the Presentation of Mary, depicting Mary as a young girl ascending the steps to the Temple entrance, a high priest making a sign of welcome/benediction at the door, with Mary's parents, Anne and Joachim, at the side of the stairway, witha grassy field extending behind them Ruled in pink ink Foliated "79" in early brown ink at top right corner of recto, with new foliation of "54" immediately below it in modern pencil Binding/Sewing thread remains at bottom of spine End of the "Obsecro te" prayer, beginning of the Seven Joys of the Virgin Mary, with an opening rubric offering 100 days of indulgence for reciting the text Incipit: perficiat cogitationes sanctas instituat Explicit: ra / dium . Pariendo non gravaris : virgo
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